Watson, John R: Poachers and Poaching. v1. 23 Jun 2014
 

Watson, John R. (John Reay), 1872- ¶

Excerpt
The poacher is a product of sleepy village life, and usually “mouches” on the outskirts of country towns. His cottage is roughly adorned in fur and feather, and abuts on the fields. There is a fitness in this, and an appropriateness in the two gaunt lurchers stretched before the door. These turn day into night on the sunny roadside in summer, and before the cottage fire in winter. Like the poacher, they are active and silent when the village community is asleep.